this piece of energy which had tornado warnings in parts of new mexico and arizona this morning, flooding as far north as nevada and southern utah, will bring some snow to the higher elevations as well. that chunk of energy will come out into the plains as we go through tomorrow and meet up with that front pushing east. look for severe weather not only today but tomorrow across the central plains. that may spell isolated tornadoes and potentially some damaging wind and large hail. highs today 55. chicago 55. a chilly night tonight. and a frosty wake-up call across the twri state area of new york city tomorrow. may want to sleep in, and wait until things warm up in the afternoon. guys, back up to you. >> such great advice. thank you very much, rob. 45 minutes past the hour. new this morning, a new u.s. ambassador reporting for duty in libya. the white house recalled veteran diplomat lawrence pope to serve temporarily as a senior envoy in libya. the appointment comes a month after ambassador chris stevens died in the benghazi consulate attack. pope retired from the foreign service 12 years